Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 232 321
Rank change year-on-year -134 +89 -81
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 469 659 899
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.41% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.55% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 232 295 527
10th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £37,639
25th Percentile £50,492 £60,000 £51,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £68,338
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +6.09% +1.24%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £63,564 £58,700
% change year-on-year -0.77% +8.29% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -123 428 £65,000 -10.34% 475
London -30 256 £78,750 -1.56% 331
Work from Home +59 255 £63,076 -4.07% 181
UK excluding London -186 163 £63,076 -0.77% 192
North of England -17 60 £68,005 -14.99% 41
North West +15 41 £85,000 +6.25% 24
East of England -11 28 £65,000 -7.14% 25
South East -149 26 £47,500 -24.00% 61
Midlands -49 22 £58,750 -14.86% 22
South West -82 22 £68,528 +14.21% 10
West Midlands -32 19 £60,000 -13.67% 11
Yorkshire -32 16 £60,850 +8.18% 15
Scotland +11 5 £85,000 +4.62% 16
East Midlands -34 3 £39,194 -41.94% 11
Wales -48 3 £69,501 +16.11% 16
North East -50 3 £63,076 -23.54% 2

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 12 (2.56%) Confluence
3 9 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.07%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 53 (11.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 26 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (8.32%) Workfront
2 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.85%) Shopify
4 3 (0.64%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) Magento
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 78 (16.63%) AWS
2 64 (13.65%) SaaS
3 53 (11.30%) Azure
3 53 (11.30%) iPaaS
4 17 (3.62%) GCP
5 14 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.77%) GitHub
6 13 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.56%) Pulumi
8 9 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
8 9 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.71%) Figma
10 7 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.28%) Asana
12 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.85%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (0.85%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.85%) H2O.ai
13 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 74 (15.78%) Broadband
2 29 (6.18%) HTTP
3 10 (2.13%) WAN
4 8 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.28%) Firewall
5 6 (1.28%) LAN
6 5 (1.07%) Network Security
6 5 (1.07%) NGN
7 4 (0.85%) MPLS
7 4 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.64%) Multicast
8 3 (0.64%) WLAN
9 2 (0.43%) DNS
9 2 (0.43%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.43%) SAN
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.21%) RS-232
10 1 (0.21%) RS-485
10 1 (0.21%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.15%) Metadata
2 13 (2.77%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.56%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.56%) Power BI
3 12 (2.56%) RDBMS
4 5 (1.07%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.07%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.64%) Big Data
5 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.64%) Tableau
6 2 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Redis
7 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (5.33%) JIRA
2 12 (2.56%) Jaeger
3 6 (1.28%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.21%) GitLab
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 158 (33.69%) Marketing
2 149 (31.77%) Social Skills
3 139 (29.64%) Finance
4 67 (14.29%) Banking
5 58 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (12.37%) Retail
6 54 (11.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (10.87%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (10.66%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (9.59%) Law
10 33 (7.04%) Public Sector
11 30 (6.40%) Legal
12 22 (4.69%) Back Office
13 14 (2.99%) Italian Language
13 14 (2.99%) Retail Banking
14 13 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.56%) Manufacturing
16 11 (2.35%) German Language
17 9 (1.92%) Electronics
17 9 (1.92%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 138 (29.42%) Product Manager
2 76 (16.20%) Product Owner
3 75 (15.99%) Lead
4 69 (14.71%) Senior
5 40 (8.53%) Senior Manager
6 37 (7.89%) Senior Product Manager
7 35 (7.46%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.40%) Development Engineer
9 29 (6.18%) Software Development Engineer
10 20 (4.26%) Developer
10 20 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
11 17 (3.62%) Consultant
12 16 (3.41%) Product Lead
13 14 (2.99%) Business Consultant
13 14 (2.99%) Business Development Consultant
13 14 (2.99%) Development Consultant
13 14 (2.99%) Platform Manager
14 12 (2.56%) AWS Developer
14 12 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (2.56%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.61%) REST
2 12 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.71%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.71%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.28%) CSS
4 6 (1.28%) HTML
5 5 (1.07%) LangChain
6 4 (0.85%) Keras
6 4 (0.85%) LangGraph
6 4 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.85%) Spring
6 4 (0.85%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.64%) .NET
7 3 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.43%) FHIR
8 2 (0.43%) Pandas
8 2 (0.43%) React
8 2 (0.43%) Seaborn
8 2 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 167 (35.61%) Product Ownership
2 64 (13.65%) Social Media
3 54 (11.51%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (11.51%) Over-the-Top Content
4 36 (7.68%) Cloud Native
5 30 (6.40%) Public Cloud
6 20 (4.26%) Management Information System
7 19 (4.05%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.56%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.92%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.71%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.71%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.28%) Podcast
13 6 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.26%) Linux
2 13 (2.77%) Unix
3 7 (1.49%) Windows
4 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (64.61%) Roadmaps
2 218 (46.48%) Agile
3 139 (29.64%) Product Roadmap
4 127 (27.08%) Product Vision
5 109 (23.24%) Decision-Making
6 97 (20.68%) AI
6 97 (20.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 91 (19.40%) User Stories
8 88 (18.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 84 (17.91%) Customer Experience
9 84 (17.91%) Mentoring
10 83 (17.70%) Product Backlog
11 82 (17.48%) Product Requirements
12 72 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (15.35%) Sprint Planning
13 67 (14.29%) Software Engineering
13 67 (14.29%) Workflow
14 63 (13.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 62 (13.22%) Analytics
15 62 (13.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.45%) Java
2 33 (7.04%) Python
3 23 (4.90%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.99%) Bash
5 12 (2.56%) Go
5 12 (2.56%) SQL
6 6 (1.28%) Bicep
7 3 (0.64%) C#
7 3 (0.64%) C++
7 3 (0.64%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.64%) PHP
7 3 (0.64%) R
8 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 74 (15.78%) Degree
2 13 (2.77%) AWS Certification
2 13 (2.77%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.35%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.92%) HND
4 9 (1.92%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.71%) HNC
6 7 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.85%) CCNA
8 4 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.85%) CSPO
8 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.64%) CISSP
10 2 (0.43%) ACCA
10 2 (0.43%) CIMA
10 2 (0.43%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.43%) MCSA
10 2 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.33%) QA
2 19 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.35%) GDPR
4 9 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.85%) PERC
5 4 (0.85%) SLA
6 2 (0.43%) DICOM
6 2 (0.43%) HL7
6 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.43%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (3.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.64%) Firmware
3 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) vSphere
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (5.54%) Terraform
2 17 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.56%) Ansible
3 12 (2.56%) Argo
3 12 (2.56%) Kustomize
3 12 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.43%) WSUS
6 1 (0.21%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (12.79%) Adobe
2 46 (9.81%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.48%) Google
4 12 (2.56%) Oracle
5 10 (2.13%) Cisco
6 8 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.28%) Dell
8 5 (1.07%) Databricks
8 5 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.07%) Juniper
9 4 (0.85%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.85%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.85%) Toshiba
10 3 (0.64%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.64%) CQG
10 3 (0.64%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.64%) Patsystems
10 3 (0.64%) Reuters
10 3 (0.64%) Trayport